PROVINCIA DE ÁFRICA
CAMERÚN • CAMERUN
LA ACOGIDA DE LOS QUE HUYEN DE LOS CONFLICTOS ARMADOS COMO UN MODO DE RENOVAR LA ESPERANZA
RENEW HOPE IN THE MIDST OF ARMED CONFLICTS
gaps. How to offer them emotional support, extra classes, and a “pedagogy of proximity” to facilitate their integration and restore their self- esteem and hope. 2. The integration of displaced teachers, who arrive without jobs or resources. The school provides them with job opportunities, community support, and a family environment that restores their dignity and sense of belonging. What gives us the greatest joy is seeing children grow holistically and gradually regain their confidence and self-esteem. The job opportunities we offer teachers are another avenue of hope; the school becomes their family of reference. We wish to convey a message of hope and reconciliation and show how education and acceptance can renew our hope in the midst of conflict and adversity.
The various armed conflicts in Africa have created a reality of internal migration. Cameroon has been experiencing an internal war in its English-speaking part for about ten years with the separatists. At our school in Sangmelima, we have students and teachers who come from this conflict-ridden region. Our school is located in southern Cameroon, in the city of Sangmelima. It has a population of 350,000 and four ethnic groups: Bulu, Fang, Fong, and Pygmies. The school welcomes and integrates people displaced by tensions and armed conflicts between the English-speaking and French-speaking regions, which generate violence and internal migration. To speak of hope in our context is to speak of two realities: 1. How to welcome displaced families and students who arrive with trauma and educational
Los distintos conflictos armados en África han creado una nueva realidad de inmigrantes internos. El Camerún, desde hace más o menos diez años, está viviendo una guerra interna en su parte anglófona con los cesionistas. En nuestro colegio de las Esclavas del
Sagrado Corazón de Sangmelima tenemos alumnos y profesores que vienen de esta parte conflictiva. Nuestro colegio está ubicado en África, en el sur del Camerún, en la ciudad de Sangmelima que se
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